A
petition with nearly a half million signatures was presented to Congress
on Wednesday this week to block Trump from sending a first strike of a
nuclear weapon. Congress is as worried about him as we are. Markey
(D-Mass) who co-sponsored a nuclear restrictive bill called the act “absolutely
critical during the Trump administration,” pointing to his rhetoric toward
North Korea and Russia. http://thehill.com/policy/defense/331798-lawmakers-back-push-to-curtail-trumps-nuclear-strike-ability
This is a bill we can all get behind. Let's ask our reps to support this
restriction on nuclear powers.

Trump's nominee for a key family planning role in the Dept. of
Health and Human Services (HHS) is Teresa Manning. Ms Manning has
been outspoken about her anti-contraception views in addition to her
anti-choice stance.http://www.newsweek.com/trump-contraception-abortion-family-planning-funding-592942 We
need to let our three MoC's know that we do not approve of Teresa Manning
in the role of Deputy Assistant for Population Affairs.

It is
becoming increasingly clear that the GOP is not interested in pursuing the
Trump/Russia connection and the Russian influence on our election. Let’s continue to call the Deputy
Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s office (202-514-2101) and ask when the
Special Prosecutor will be appointed.

World
Beyond War.org and United for Peace and Justice have begun a campaign to
encourage us to join New Haven CT, Charlottesville VA, Montgomery County
MD, among others, and mobilize to pass local resolutions to stop Trump’s
$54 billion increase in military spending. World Beyond War offers a
detailed template for bringing such resolutions to our city councils:http://worldbeyondwar.org/ithaca/

A
group of designers have come up with a creative way to protest Trump;
through a balloon art piece titled "Flying Pigs on Parade,"
in Chicago: http://chicagoist.com/2017/05/03/architects_to_block_out_trump_tower.php If the project receives full
funding and the necessary approval from the city, balloon pigs will be
floated in front of the Trump Tower Chicago sign. The designers are asking
for help to reach their financial goal. We can learn more, and those of us
who are interested can donate, by visiting their site:https://www.flyingpigsonparade.org/

Pre-existing
conditions will become a big issue as the healthcare bill moves to the
Senate. Let’s try to make sure we understand what these are so that we can
make our stories more meaningful when we contact our legislators. Here are fifty to start with: http://time.com/money/4763609/pre-existing-conditions-ahca/

Petitions to Sign

Linda
Sarsour, one of the organizers of the Women’s March has been asked to give
the commencement address this spring for the City University of New York
(CUNY) Graduate School of Public Health. State Assemblyman Dov
Hikind (D-Brooklyn) and NYC Council member, Rory Lancman, are saying that
Sarsour’s activism and beliefs make her unfit to serve as speaker at the
taxpayer-funded university's commencement. Let’s let them know we think
she is a great choice for a speaker:
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/i-stand-with-linda-sarsour

Learning

Despite
the leaked information, Trump’s “religious liberty” executive order today
was not what was expected; in fact it is so nothing that the ACLU is not
going after it. “Today’s executive order
signing was an elaborate photo-op with no discernible policy outcome.
After careful review of the order’s text we have determined that the order
does not meaningfully alter the ability of religious institutions or
individuals to intervene in the political process,” http://time.com/4768295/aclu-donald-trump-religious-liberty-executive-order/

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6 comments:

I act on as many items as possible/reasonable each day. It takes up to 45 minutes. It would be a lot easier if we didn't have to research bill numbers we are asked to lobby our Reps or Senators on, so we can check the cosponsor list and not embarrass ourselves by asking them to support a bill they are a cosponsor of.

That is one of the shortcomings of trying to keep these actions short and sweet, Georgia. We'll try to better about it. Remember, too, that when you call you can always say, "I sure hope that xxx is a co-sponsor of the bill about xxx!"

As an introvert, I'm totally proud of myself that I called the Ace Hardware number! The rep sounded totally bored as she told me that they would be removing neonicotinoids from their shelves by 2019. (Why the delay? Don't know.)

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